Why does everybody always show every rare item?

[GD2X]

I mean the whole point of the loot filter is to do that, filter out the loot, not just the garbage. Yet everyone I at least speak to about this, always has every filter enabled except for white and blue?

I mean the way I see it, always show double rare, Unique and MI's, and the rest just filter down to your spec. Iron bits still come rolling in like there's no tomorrow, and you're not missing out on any of the great gear for your alts.

What am I missing because i am clearly in the minority here.

[Blake]

I always have everything showing apart from Common and Magic which are both off from around level 10 onwards

[Neit]

First few levels even the yellow trash has it's use, because you literally don't have anything else (yes i know there's Lokarr, etc, that's not the point).

But usually after certain point in the game (read: when I remember to do so and am fed up with too much trash on the floor) I usually filter out everything, including rares. Only MIs and higher and double rares are shown.

This works well in SC, however I can understand why someone, especially on HC might want to have wider selection to have it easier to cover missing resistances and defenses.

[MedeaFleecestealer]

Why would you filter out blues? White and yellow after a little while, yes I can understand, but some blues are good for levelling until you get nearer to endgame stuff. As for filtering out rares - again why? They often have good resistances on them that you don't get on other stuff so can help you fill gaps in your resistance needs.

Even filtering out yellows may not be worth it when the new expansion drops because:

"Affix Transmutation - reroll your rare and magic items to perfect your equipment."

and as for those blues:

"Awaken Epic Items - unleash the true potential of many Epic items to turn them into powerful implements worthy of Legends!"

[CrappyBark]

Originally posted by MedeaFleecestealer:

Why would you filter out blues? White and yellow after a little while, yes I can understand, but some blues are good for levelling until you get nearer to endgame stuff. As for filtering out rares - again why? They often have good resistances on them that you don't get on other stuff so can help you fill gaps in your resistance needs.

Even filtering out yellows may not be worth it when the new expansion drops because:

"Affix Transmutation - reroll your rare and magic items to perfect your equipment."

and as for those blues:

"Awaken Epic Items - unleash the true potential of many Epic items to turn them into powerful implements worthy of Legends!"

Because blues are worse than MI's for the most part. So many combinations of damage stats and resists needed that for some builds aren't possible with blues but MI's make it relatively simple. I only show Mi's, Doubles, Uniques, and Legendary items. Blues just suck past lvl 60 or so and there is no reason to pick them up unless you're pressed for iron

If the new mechanic ends up being worthwhile, I'll look at some blues, but until it is proven to be more than just a resource dump then I am probably not touching it or blues

[Neit]

Originally posted by CrappyBark:

Because blues are worse than MI's for the most part. So many combinations of damage stats and resists needed that for some builds aren't possible with blues but MI's make it relatively simple. I only show Mi's, Doubles, Uniques, and Legendary items. Blues just suck past lvl 60 or so and there is no reason to pick them up unless you're pressed for iron

If the new mechanic ends up being worthwhile, I'll look at some blues, but until it is proven to be more than just a resource dump then I am probably not touching it or blues

Well that is kind of crazy. While there's a lot of Epic items that can be easily replaced by MIs (and while we are at it, same applies to some Legendaries), lot of Epics are still BiS items, for many different builds.

[CrappyBark]

Originally posted by Neit:

Well that is kind of crazy. While there's a lot of Epic items that can be easily replaced by MIs (and while we are at it, same applies to some Legendaries), lot of Epics are still BiS items, for many different builds.

If that ends up being the case, I'll SR fish with the filter for epics toggled, but if I am just doing normal day to day sessions then I turn that crap off, finding *one* piece of treasure in a five mile tall pile of manure isn't worth the time or headspace

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

Originally posted by GD2X:

Yet everyone I at least speak to about this, always has every filter enabled except for white and blue?

no idea why you'd filter you blue/epics,
and most importantly *when* are people still showing greens? (and who is these "everyone" you speak of)
if you're talking about showing rares during levelling, then yes that makes total sense; because rares are not bad levelling items, and is a good solid way to frequently upgrade to better stat intervals and ofc specially fix specific resist shortcomings .
If you're talking endgame, i don't know, i don't do that, i only toggle rares back on when specifically farming for money so i clean the SR floor (this has become less important with path 1.2 btw).
For levelling i tend to only keep the rare filter up to around lvl 75ish, by then i'm so decked out in MIs, probably an epic or legend or two i can easily coast until new MIs or rng blues/purples before 90budget transition

[Lywelyn]

i know this is not how GD work but i do keep hold of the good old ARPG unwritten rule, the rarer the color, the better the gear, so of course i only filter ou epi and grab every purple i see.

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

why would you filter out epics?
just loot them and dismantle them

[Frostfeather]

Play Last Epoch. It has a real loot filter.

[GD2X]

Originally posted by night4:

Play Last Epoch. It has a real loot filter.

I think the loot filter in Grim Dawn is fit for purpose and gets the job done nicely.

[GD2X]

Originally posted by gNuff!~©~gNom3™:

Originally posted by GD2X:

Yet everyone I at least speak to about this, always has every filter enabled except for white and blue?

no idea why you'd filter you blue/epics, :wombatthink:
and most importantly *when* are people still showing greens? (and who is these "everyone" you speak of)
if you're talking about showing rares during levelling, then yes that makes total sense; because rares are not bad levelling items, and is a good solid way to frequently upgrade to better stat intervals and ofc specially fix specific resist shortcomings .
If you're talking endgame, i don't know, i don't do that, i only toggle rares back on when specifically farming for money so i clean the SR floor (this has become less important with path 1.2 btw).
For levelling i tend to only keep the rare filter up to around lvl 75ish, by then i'm so decked out in MIs, probably an epic or legend or two i can easily coast until new MIs or rng blues/purples before 90budget transition

Why not during the levelling process, only filter out greens to the affixes you need?

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

Originally posted by GD2X:

Why not during the levelling process, only filter out greens to the affixes you need?

because you can't filter by specific affix but only effect?
and in general what you want to focus on is not dmg bonuses, which would, imo, mean at minimum include resist, which already open you up to a bunch of greens, so you might just keep it neutral "just in case" something particularly useful appears.
Early game you don't have access to MIs for majority slots yet, so you will largely rely on regular rares.
As you get more access to MIs you might more and more use less regular rares, but they might still fill gaps or certain non-MI slots. Obv no MI existing for boot/gloves means that you need something else there, but even something like ex MI pants can have such huge level interval jump you might want something inbetween 30-65.
Last benefit of skimming through all those greens is that in the end it will net you an decent amount of supplemental money during levelling when you vendor all the crap that wasn't to be worn

[Old Ben]

At low levels I simple turn off all white, yellow, greens and blues. Then I just hold down 'ALT' and quickly mouse over whats on the ground. This way it keeps the trash from cluttering up the screen during a battle. Too each his own preference....

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

Originally posted by Old Ben:

Then I just hold down 'ALT' and quickly mouse over whats on the ground. .

alt shows all loot, ignoring your potential filter(s), if all you want is to hide loot like for combat you can simply use the hide loot button - this way it will obey your loot filter when you toggle it back on for display